| 单词 | shelfful |
| 释义 | shelfful in British English (ˈʃɛlffʊl) noun the amount held on a shelf; the contents of a shelf shelfful in American English (ˈʃelfful) nounWord forms: plural -fuls 1. an amount adequate to fill a shelf They buy canned goods by the shelfful 2. the amount contained on a shelf We gave away a shelfful of books Word origin [1875–80; shelf + -ful]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, fan-tan, hat trick, massage, weekend-ful is a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); or “as much as will fill” (spoonful) |
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